Two Silsbee Men Die in Separate Shotgun Attacks
Norman C. Roy 42 and Curtis James Smith 20 died in unrelated gunfire incidents last week in Silsbee. Roy was found near Old Maid Hill Road around 5:30 p.m. December 6 with two shotgun wounds. autopsy cited gunshot deaths. Smith was shot at 1:30 p.m. December 8 at 550 Bonner Street. Oliver Lewis Jenkins was arrested and held on $25,000 bond.
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Silsbee
Norman C. Roy
Curtis James Smith
Roy
Old Maid Hill
Justice of the Peace B. L
Billy Paine
The
BEE
W. L. Stroman
Paine
Darrell Doggett
Jesse Cartwright
Mike Holzapfel
Rex Moore
Don Lee Hawthorne
Texas
Haskell Taylor
Como
Doggett
Rey
Farmer Funeral
Tommy Long
Davis Cemetery
Newton
Texaco
Dee
Oliver Lewis Jenkins
Houston
Bob L. Ogden
Smith
Bonner Street
Jenkins
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Explosion Injures Silsbee Man in Morning Burst
John Lewis a 76 year old resident of Silsbee is in critical burn ward care after a butane heater exploded at his home on Dec 11. He was hospitalized at St Elizabeth then transferred to John Sealy in Galveston. Fire Chief Russell Busby said the fire may have started when Lewis tried to relight the heater and noted no smoking.
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John Lewis
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Lewis
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Galveston Hospital
Russell Busby
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
East Avenue
Calvin Lewis
Busby
Dee. 9
Ray
Silsbee State Expansion Opens New Motor Bank
Silsbee State Bank prepares to open a motor bank on the corner of Fifth Street and Avenue H featuring Mosler equipment and two drive in entrances. It will offer deposits withdrawals check cashing night depository and money orders with hours 8 to 4 30 weekdays and extended Friday hours. The Kirby Building site dates to 1905 and the board approves a 33 1 3 cent per share dividend bringing total to 1 00 for the year payable December 18 1973.
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Motor Bank
Mosler
Fifth Street
Avenue H
Kirby
Kirby Lumber Company
Silsbee
E. M. Wilson Jr
Silsbee State Bank
Wilson
Sparks Returns From Convalescent Leave at San Antonio
Gene V. Sparks has returned to Lackland Air Force Medical Center after a 30 day convalescent leave spent at his sister Mrs. Maxine Wood's home. He will later return to Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis New Mexico.
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S/Set
Gene V. Sparks
Lackland Air Force Medical Center
San Antonio
Maxine Wood
Cannon Air Force Base
lCievis, N. M
Christmas Programs At Silsbee Schools Set for Dec 13 and 18
The Silsbee High and Junior High Christmas programs are scheduled for December 13 and 18. The high school event features the A Cappella Choir with harpist Gregg Little performing A Christmas Canticle with narration by Gary Grisnam. Junior High presents a combined choir and band program with several soloists and four conductors.
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Gregg Little
South Park High School
Barstow
Gary Grisnam
Pam Dodis
Reggie Simmons
Daniel Welker
James Collins
Sally Jenkins
Roy Bean
Six charged with marijuana possession in Silsbee incident
Six suspects including a 16 year old were arrested December 7 on marijuana possession charges at the Avenue L Hartman Road intersection. Don Elwin Peters of Beaumont and Patrick Henry McCarty of Silsbee charged. bonds set at 2500 and 1000. juvenile released to parents pending juvenile authority action. two others from Silsbee released later.
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Silsbee
Bob L.ogden
Don Elwin Peters
Beaumont
Patrick Henry McCarty
SPD
Billy Davenport
Darrell Hartman
Tommy Robinson
Avenue L
Hartman Road
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Peters
McCarty
Superintendent Hough Eyes 40 Minute Shorter School Day
Supt Don L Hough recommends a 40 minute reduction in the school day as part of Gov Briscoe energy saving measures. The plan could shift start to 9 10 a m and end at 3 30 p m after Christmas with possible five day weather waivers.
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Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Texas Education Agency
Texas Public Schools
Dolph Briscoe
J. W. Edgar
Briscoe
Edgar
Silsbee Faces Bell Rate Hike Request At City Council
Silsbee residents could pay about one dollar more for basic phone service as Southwestern Bell seeks a base rate increase. Gary Pircher said the company posted a net loss and plans a 12 percent revenue rise to offset costs, detailing specific rate jumps for residence and business lines. A public hearing on annexed-area changes was set for January 8 in Council Chambers.
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Silsbee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Gary W. Pircher
Pircher
Pireher
Council
Pilin
Ronald Hickertson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Wes Latham
Masons To Meet In Silsbee Lodge On Thursday Night
Masons of Silsbee Lodge No 927 AF and AM will hold a communication Thursday night December 13 at 7 20 pm in the Masonic Temple for work in the BA degree Visiting Masons are invited D IL Cartrett is master and D L Webb is secretary Army Private Wesley C Hodges 19 son of Mr and Mrs C H Hodges of Silsbee is with the 8th Infantry Division in Germany as a flank crewman with Troop B board squadron of the division s calvary in Mannheim
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H. T. Tatman
Kirby Cemetery
JC. M. Walters
Silsbee
Albert M. Smith
U.S. Army
New Bethel Baptist
Comunication of Silsbee Lodge
Masonic Temple
D. IL. Cartrett
D. L Webb
Wesley C Hodges
C. H. Hodges
8Th Infantry Division
Germany
Calvary
Mannheim
Silshee Man Hurt In Auto Crash Near Newton
A Silsbee resident lies in serious condition at St Elizabeth Hospital after a one car crash on Farm Road 12829, 21 miles south of Newton, killing Richard Ray Flanigan, 24, of Call. Flanigan, Brown Root employee, died at the scene. James Hoyt Smith, 27, was moved from Newton Memorial Hospital to intensive care. Funeral services for Flanigan were held at Causey’s E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.
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Silshee
St Elizabeth Hospital
Newton
James Hoyt Smith
Silsbee
Newton Memorial Hospital
Richard Ray Flanigan
Call
Department of Public Safety
Flanigan
Brown Root
Causey
E. E. Stringer
Kirbyville
Silsbee Bee Christmas Greeting Edition Dec 20
The Silsbee Bee will publish its annual Christmas Greeting issue on December 20 containing thanks and good wishes from local businesses individuals and industries. Bee salesmen will contact potential greeting advertisers and ads may be placed by calling 385-5270 before Tuesday December 18.
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Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Grand Opening Of Layton Center In Silsbee Dec 15
Four new Silsbee businesses open at Layton Center on Saturday December 15 at FM 92 and FM 1122 north of town. Linda Callaway Linda's Beauty Shop Busy Bobbin Fabrics Johnny Terry J H Electric Mattie Nolen Western Store. Eddie Marshall and the Deputies provide entertainment. Free turkeys to be given at each shop.
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Silsbee
Layton’s Center
Layton O’bannion
Layton's General
Linda’s
Linda Callaway
Busy Bobbin Fabrics
Bill Bronton
J&h Electric
Johnny Terry
Youngstown woman to visit grandmother for holidays
Miss Cindy Janik of Youngstown Ohio will fly in Saturday to spend the holidays with her grandmother Mrs Anne Kasuba and aunt Mrs Helen Barefield.
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Cindy Janik
Youngstown
Ohio
Anne Kasuba
Helen Barefield
Robbery Charge Against Judge Lambert Dropped
Sour Lake Justice of the Peace Charles Lambert faced a robbery by firearms charge from Alton Wagley, son of a Gulf distributor, who said Lambert used a pistol to force delivery of 1700 gallons of fuel. Judge Ray Martin held an examining trial and found evidence insufficient to bind the case to the Hardin County Grand Jury.
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Sour Lake
Lambert
Martin
Jefferson County
Silsbee
Dorothy Miller
Mary Jo Dixon
No Rural Fatalities in Hardin County per DPS Report
Sergeant C L Graham of the Texas Highway Patrol said November 1973 in Hardin County saw no rural fatal accidents. The patrol handled 31 rural crashes with 11 injuries, and year to date 335 rural crashes caused 11 deaths and 163 injuries. In 1972 November period 325 crashes caused 12 deaths and 179 injuries. District 2B reports 435 four person and 190 injuries in November across 16 counties.
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C. L. Graham
Texas Highway Patrol
Hardin County
J C Busby Attends Civil Defense Seminar
Hardin County Civil Defense Director J C Busby completed a special Civil Defense Directors Seminar at the Department of Public Safety Emergency Operation Center in Austin December 4 to 6. CD Directors from 25 Texas localities attended to gain information and guidance for readiness to cope with disasters and hazards.
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Hardin County Civil Defense
J. C. Busby
Civil Defense
Department of Public Safety
Emereency
Austin
Texas
Christmas Grocery Applications Issued By Ministers
Ministers in the Christmas Grocery Certificate program offer application blanks. Apply by December 15 to join the screening committee. Approved families receive mail notice and collect certificates at the fire hall on December 19 between 8 and 10 a.m. Certificates redeemable at participating Silsbee stores. For more info contact Rev. F. C. Drake at 365-3649.
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Silsbee
F. C. Drake
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Ogden
James Fulgham
William Gilley
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Haske
Vaytor
Newton County
Silsbee High School
East Avenue J
Silsbee State
New Motor Bank
B. W. Ross
Abram i Miles
Bill Holt
Board ofTrustees
Commission
Jack Segrest
Bayshore Engineers, Inc
Deer Pak
Hickerson
BEF
James L. Hays
Ronald Jordan
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
James Simmons
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Masons
Silshee Man
Layton Center
DPS
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